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Are you familiar with the Eames House of Cards? I was playing with these around Valentine’s Day while experimenting with another project that didn’t work out, and then I actually got a chance to see one of the original decks last week when I attended the Ray Eames exhibit at the California Museum in Sacramento. Today is the last day of the exhibit. It’s been running for the past year, but I just learned about it from my sister and […]

You may be wondering just what an asymmetrical paper chain is. Well, have you ever made a paper doll chain? The kind where you cut half of the doll from a center vertical fold, meaning that whatever shapes you cut will appear on both sides of the dolls? (If you haven’t done this, you should; it’s really something every one should attempt at least once.) But what if you want your dolls to be dancing? An asymmetrical paper chain (really […]

If you like paper dolls and/or fashion, I think you’re going to like the links I have to share with you in this post. Let’s start with a few favorites from my collection … Top row from left: Andrea from Tom Tierney’s Brides from Around the World collection wearing the traditional Danish bridal costume. Die-cut dolls (the set also comes with a doll named Claire; each doll has six costumes), published by B. Shackman & Co., Inc., 1995. Another B. […]

This is the doll that I got from Dori Duncan at Camp Fashionista when Samantha and I went there to make paper dolls last month. I finished mine at home because I knew I had some fabric from a previous project that I wanted to use with Dori’s coat and boot patterns. When I saw her doll on her website in a grey flannel version of this jacket and the boots (complete with the small brads you see above used […]